If you’re looking for a special Valentine’s Day treat, you’ll love making and decorating these Valentine Cookies! These brightly decorated super delicious cookies are the perfect addition to your special day. Whether you are planning a romantic evening or a family celebration, these cookies are sure to impress.
How To Make Valentine Cookies
You need to follow only a few steps to make these super delicious cookies:
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- Mix together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Add butter and coconut sugar to a separate medium mixing bowl. Using a hand mixer, mix until smooth and fluffy for about 3-5 minutes. Add egg and vanilla, and mix until smooth.
- Pour the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, and mix well with a spatula. Add a few drops of red or pink dye to the dough and mix well. The consistency of the dough should be thick.
- Using your hands, make the balls, and slightly flatten them. Place them into a baking sheet, leaving a few inches apart between cookies. Bake the cookies for about 10-12 minutes. The cookies should still be slightly soft to the touch in the middle when you take them out of the oven. Transfer to cooling racks and let cool before decorating.
- Melt the chocolate and decorate the cookies by either drizzling it over the cookies or covering the top of the cookies. Sprinkle with sprinkles immediately before the chocolate has set.
Ingredients for Valentine’s Day Cookies
- All-purpose flour. Spelt flour is also good for this recipe.
- Coconut sugar to sweeten the cookies. This sugar is unrefined, thus healthier than white sugar. Also, you can use brown sugar instead of coconut sugar. It gives the cookies the right amount of moisture.
- Butter, unsalted and softened at room temperature.
- Egg adds moisture and helps to bind the dough together. Like the butter, your egg should also be at room temperature so it will combine and bake up evenly.
- Vanilla is for flavor.
- Baking soda and baking powder. Combination of leavenings to create the perfect texture.
- White chocolate for beautiful decoration.
- Red or pink dye to make our cookies more festive. But you can skip it.
Decoration Ideas
With their beautiful decorations, these Valentine Cookies will be the show-stoppers of the day! These delightful sweets not only taste amazing, but they look beautiful too. There are many variations to decorate cookies.
- Chocolate. White, milk, or dark chocolate are great for decorating these cookies. Choose your favorite one, melt it, and top the cookies with melted chocolate. Then sprinkle with bright colorful sprinkles, rainbow chocolate chips, or even chopped nuts.
- Glaze. This healthy glaze recipe from the recipe of our Orange Cookies with a creamy glaze also is a great option.
- Icing. Just combine 1/3 cup of confectioners sugar with 1 tsp of milk and stir well. Spread over the cookies.
Storage Instructions
Store the cookies in an airtight container with a lid at room temperature for two weeks. Also, cookies can be easily frozen in a container or freezer bag for long-term storage. Thaw them at room temperature.
More Dessert ideas for Valentine’s Day:
Check out the other great ideas for Valentine’s Day sweets:
- Chocolate Earl Grey Truffles
- Super Easy Oreo Balls (only 3 ingredients!)
- Amaretto Chocolate Truffles
- Chocolate Chip Cookies
- No-bake Chocolate Peanut Cheesecake
- Crispy Chocolate-Dipped Oatmeal Peanut Cookies
- Chocolate Cupcakes with Blackcurrant Ganache
If you're looking for a special Valentine's Day treat, you'll love making and decorating these Valentine Cookies! These brightly decorated super delicious cookies are the perfect addition to your special day. Whether you are planning a romantic evening or a family celebration, these cookies are sure to impress.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups (180 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 stick (113 g) unsalted butter, softened at room temperature
- ¾ cup (120 g) coconut sugar
- 1 large egg, at room temperature
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- red or pink color dye for the color (optional)
- white chocolate for decoration
- heart sprinkles for decoration
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- Mix together flour, baking soda, and baking powder.
- Add butter and coconut sugar to a medium mixing bowl. Using a hand mixer, mix until smooth and fluffy for about 3-5 minutes. Add egg and vanilla, and mix until smooth.
- Pour the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, and mix well with a spatula. Add a few drops of red or pink dye to the dough and mix well. The consistency of the dough should be thick.
- Using your hands, make the balls, and slightly flatten them. Place them into a baking sheet, leaving a few inches apart between cookies.
- Bake the cookies for about 10-12 minutes. The cookies should still be slightly soft to the touch in the middle when you take them out of the oven. Transfer to cooling racks and let cool before decorating.
- Melt the chocolate and decorate the cookies by either drizzling it over the cookies or covering the top of the cookies. Sprinkle with sprinkles immediately before the chocolate has set.
Nutrition
Calories: 102kcal Fat: 4.9g Saturated Fat: 3g Cholesterol: 21mg Sodium: 99mg Carbohydrate: 13.3g Fiber: 0.3g Sugar: 6.1g Protein: 1.3g Vitamin D: 4mcg Calcium: 10mg Iron: 1mg Potassium: 29mg Did You Make This Recipe?
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